Birthplace: Manilla, Philippines
Club: New York Athletic Club
Coach: Aladar Kogler
Hobbies: Music and playing drums, yoga, walking on the beach.
Favorite Moment in Fencing: The thrill of tricking my opponent and scoring a touch, also standing on the podium to receive a medal.
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 13
Current World Ranking: No. 111
Honors:

Six-time USA Fencing Division I National Champion
2015 NCAA First-Team All-American
Three-time First-Team All-Ivy (2013, 2014, 2015)

Senior World Championship Teams: 2018, 2017 (Silver - Team), 2015, 2014, 2013
Pan American Championship Teams: 2018 (Gold - Team), 2017 (Gold - Team, Bronze - Individual), 2015 (Gold - Team), 2014, 2013 (Gold - Team, Bronze - Individual)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2014 (Gold - Team), 2013 (Silver - Team), 2012 (Silver - Team), 2011 (Silver - Team, Bronze - Individual), 2010
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2011, 2010, 2009

Personal

Lu's brother took up fencing 'because he wanted to be a Star Wars Jedi' and she says she tagged along at first and later fell in love with the sport. By age 16, Lu won the first of her six Division I National Championship titles (2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). In 2011, Lu took bronze in the individual event at her first Junior Worlds and won silver in team -- a feat she would repeat in 2012 and 2013 before winning gold in the team event at the 2014 Junior Worlds during her final year of eligibility.

Results

2019:

Fourth - Cairo World Cup (Team)
Sixth - January North American Cup (Division I)
27th - St. Maur World Cup
38th - Torino Grand Prix
45th - Cairo World Cup
58th - Katowice World Cup

2018:

Gold - Senior World Championships (Team)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Silver - July Challenge (Division I)
Silver - January North American Cup (Division I)
Fourth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
Fifth - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Eighth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
12th - Algiers World Cup
18th - December North American Cup (Division I)
19th - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix Anaheim
36th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
40th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
41st - Shanghai Grand Prix
45th - Katowice World Cup

2017:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
Silver - Senior World Championships (Team)
Silver - Bratislava Satellite Tournament
Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Bronze - Cancun World Cup (Team)
Fourth - St. Maur World Cup (Team)
Fourth - Gdansk World Cup (Team)
Fifth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
Seventh - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix Long Beach
29th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
34th - Cancun World Cup
37th - Shanghai Grand Prix
41st - Torino Grand Prix
45th - St. Maur World Cup
50th - Gdansk World Cup

2016:

Gold - January North American Cup (Division I)
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Silver - July Challenge (Division I)
Silver - December Division I Foil North American Cup (Division I)
Silver - Cancun World Cup (Team)
Bronze - St. Maur World Cup (Team)
Bronze - October North American Cup (Division I)
13th - Cancun World Cup
25th - Gdansk World Cup
25th - St. Maur World Cup
39th - Torino Grand Prix
49th - Havana Grand Prix
60th - Alger World Cup

2015:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
Gold - NCAA Championships (Team)
Silver - NCAA Championships (Individual)
Fifth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
Sixth - Senior World Championships (Team)
Ninth - July Challenge (Division I)
Ninth - October North American Cup (Division I)
12th - Cancun World Cup
24th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Individual)
33rd - Shanghai Grand Prix
35th - Havana Grand Prix
35th - St. Maur World Cup

2014:

Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Gold - January North American Cup (Junior)
Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - October North American Cup (Division I)
Sixth - July North American Cup (Division I)
Ninth - January North American Cup (Division I)
12th - Pan American Championships
13th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
22nd - Senior World Championships
24th - Torino Grand Prix
31st - Torino World Cup
39th - Gdansk Grand Prix
40th - St. Maur World Cup
43rd - Marseille Grand Prix
44th - Shanghai World Cup
53rd - Cancun World Cup

2013:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - July North American Cup (Junior)
Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
Silver - December North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Fifth - November North American Cup (Division I)
13th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
15th - Bratislava Junior World Cup
21st - Gdansk Grand Prix
34th - Marseille Grand Prix
44th - Senior World Championships
47th - Seoul Grand Prix
54th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
58th - Torino World Cup

2012:

Gold - Bratislava Junior World Cup
Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Silver - December North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - January North American Cup (Junior)
Fifth - October North American Cup (Division I)
Sixth - January North American Cup (Division I)
Ninth - November North American Cup (Division I)
17th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
18th - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
45th - Seoul Grand Prix
49th - Gdansk Grand Prix

2011:

Gold - Bratislava Junior World Cup
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Divsion I)
Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
Bronze - Junior World Championships (Individual)
Bronze - North American Cup C (Junior)
Bronze - November North American Cup (Junior)
Fifth - North American Cup F (Junior)
Fifth - Zagreb Junior World Cup
Fifth - December North American Cup (Division I)
Sixth - North American Cup C (Division I)
Ninth - Cadet World Championships
18th - Bochum Junior World Cup
32nd - Budapest World Cup
41st - Gdansk Grand Prix
47th - Seoul Grand Prix
49th - Tauberbischofscheim World Cup

2010:

Gold - Budapest Cadet European Cup
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Cadet)
Bronze - Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Bronze - North American Cup F (Division I)
Bronze - December North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
Bronze - Budapest Junior World Cup
Fourth - Junior World Championships (Team)
Sixth - Waldkirch Junior World Cup
Eighth - USA Fencing National Championships (Junior)
Ninth - North American Cup B (Junior)
11th - North American Cup A (Division I)
12th - Lyon Junior World Cup
13th - North American Cup D (Division I)
15th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
16th - Cadet World Championships
19th - Waldkirch Junior World Cup
45th - St. Petersbourg World Cup
54th - New York World Cup

2009:

Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Junior)
Gold - Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Gold - North American Cup B (Junior)
Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Cadet)
Silver - North American Cup B (Cadet)
Silver- North American Cup C (Division I)
Bronze - Cabris Cadet European Cup
Bronze - Bochum Junior World Cup
12th - Cadet World Championships
20th - Dallas World Cup
23rd - Budapest Junior World Cup
62nd - Lyon Junior World Cup

2008:

12th - Lignano Junior World Cup
14th - Las Vegas World Cup
27th - Bratislava Junior World Cup

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